People with agendas infiltrate organizations and turn them in the direction they want. Enough of them get in, and they take the organization over.
Part of the problem is that the program has become so large that there are too many hands involved in it. It’s gotten tot he point where the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing. In its early days the CCHD was run by religious sisters and brothers. Today, it’s so large that there are many people running different aspects and departments. Not all are run by faithful Catholics.
“social justice” The term reminds me of the hard truth that just is the special province of the state. Those who involve themselves mainly in such causes are necessarily more political than religious in their motivations.
The bold is mine.
(I watched the program in question.) It has to do with the grant-approval process which needs tightening down, but which previously allowed too many loopholes and inconsistent review. They’re in the process of reforming that now.
No question to it. Give to the church collection, pass on the CCHD collection. As Catholics, we are obligated to support our parishes, not CCHD. Original poster, thank you for the article by the way.
CCHD doesn’t directly do anything for the poor. They’re a fundraiser and disbursement organism. Do your own homework and give directly to a faithful catholic group that assists the poor directly. Food For the Poor is excellent, as is Christian Foundation for Children and the Aged. Both of these mostly help overseas poor. I’m sure there are local crisis pregnancy centers, food pantries and homeless shelters that desperately need your help.
You read and research all the info that has come to our attention. For instance, if you go to the grantees list on the USCCB web site you will see all the questionable organizations that have recently come to light listed by year with the amount of money given to each. There are dozens of them that have raised eyebrows; of those, most all are political which promote the Culture of Death and some that are clearly Marxist in nature. Then you go to that organizations own web page and you will see that the allegations made by recent exposes, are indeed, true. Be especially aware of the “social justice” groups in your area.
No question in my mind…I have not given a dime to them for several years because they have NEVER actively worked, despite their promises to take “decisive action” to clean this thing up.
The Church has always preached social justice. The language changes with time, but not the doctrine of social justice.
Fraternally,
Br. JR, OSF
